El Ali (Somali: Degmada Ceel Cali) is a district in the central Hiran region of Somalia.

The El Ali meteorite was identified by Kureym Mining and Rocks Company's staff in 2020 and trucked towards Mogadishu.

[1] Prior to that, the rock had been celebrated for between five and seven generations, featuring in songs, folklore, dances, and poems.

[1] In 2022, the mineral elaliite was named after El Ali after being identified in the meteorite by scientists at the University of Alberta.

El Ali is predominantly inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Dirisame sub-clan of the main Gaaljecel clan especially well represented.